UAE detects 1,491 cases from more than 120,000 tests


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The UAE reported 1,491 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday.

There were 1,826 new recoveries in the past 24 hours and 124,404 tests during the same period.

No new Covid-19-related deaths were reported.

Since the start of the outbreak, 123,764 cases have been recorded. Of these, 116,894 have recovered.

Earlier, the Ministry of Health and Prevention encouraged people to apply for vacancies for nurses and nursing assistants, who are on the front lines of the fight against the pandemic.

“Fighting the epidemic is still ongoing and the contribution of the nursing staff will help to succeed in this mission,” the ministry said in a video posted on Saturday.

“The opportunity is open for those wishing to join the work within the nursing teams.”

The coronavirus cases globally crossed 42.4 million, with several countries recording a major surge in numbers over the past weeks due to people gathering indoors as temperatures drop.

The world death toll has passed 1.14 million and more than 31.4 people have recovered.

A new report has said the world's tourism industry was unlikely to see the same level of spending that was achieved last year until 2024.

Global consultancy McKinsey said the tourism industry may face a drop of  $8.1 trillion in spending as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The virus has thrown the travel and tourism industry across the world out of gear due to stay home measures and travel restrictions that have shut down cities and impacted businesses.

Dubai works towards better air quality by 2021

Dubai is on a mission to record good air quality for 90 per cent of the year – up from 86 per cent annually today – by 2021.

The municipality plans to have seven mobile air-monitoring stations by 2020 to capture more accurate data in hourly and daily trends of pollution.

These will be on the Palm Jumeirah, Al Qusais, Muhaisnah, Rashidiyah, Al Wasl, Al Quoz and Dubai Investment Park.

“It will allow real-time responding for emergency cases,” said Khaldoon Al Daraji, first environment safety officer at the municipality.

“We’re in a good position except for the cases that are out of our hands, such as sandstorms.

“Sandstorms are our main concern because the UAE is just a receiver.

“The hotspots are Iran, Saudi Arabia and southern Iraq, but we’re working hard with the region to reduce the cycle of sandstorm generation.”

Mr Al Daraji said monitoring as it stood covered 47 per cent of Dubai.

There are 12 fixed stations in the emirate, but Dubai also receives information from monitors belonging to other entities.

“There are 25 stations in total,” Mr Al Daraji said.

“We added new technology and equipment used for the first time for the detection of heavy metals.

“A hundred parameters can be detected but we want to expand it to make sure that the data captured can allow a baseline study in some areas to ensure they are well positioned.”

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